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Perhaps. But isn't almost every one is thinking about every possible scenario , good or bad, for the Dees for the rest of the year? Even just with neutral games this weekend expectations kind of just jump into my head of what will happen.

Just imagine shudder if Bulldogs had got the next goal or two and we had lost that GF and everything ever since was the same. Admittedly itd be so much easier now to ditch Goodwin. But I'm sure most Melbourne supporters, including me, would be so much angrier and despondent now.

One or two years?! Umm, we've made 3 grand finals and appeared in 16 final series in that half-century. I hope you're not being literal. If you can't even raise a smile for a year we're in the Granny for your own sake you probably should find a new interest.

True. I really can't fault Goody's quote here. It would also be ludicrous to deny the last quarter stats. The one thing is establishing a lead by the fourth quarter can inspire players to push through the late-game pain and conversely can slow down the opponents. The only game I really thought we could win come Q4 was vs the Giants (and I think was the only one where we were leading). I dont think it's coincidence that was our best last quarter.

Of course we do have promising young players. Then there is that amazing thing called hope. This applies to every club but there is chance plus unseen factors that make possible look miraculous. I'm not sure I'd want to look into a crystal ball right now but for all we know by year's end (or in 12 months time) we're looking like a good side again and so many players or coaches once again have proved us wrong. It's a good idea to hold onto some hope. There are plenty of times where sides are like Sydney in the early nineties, Richmond for the nineties and noughties, us after 2006, Lions with a despondent Leppitsch and all got out of their funks. Add the surprises where Cripps, Hird, Chris Grant, Clarkson, Hardwicke come unheralded and now are legends. Another one is Beveridge. Didnt he keep telling his 2016 players "why not us?" Well.... why not us? Not this year but why after so much bad luck over many decades can't we be a team which has some amazing fortune? Like Ghostwriter said each game starts at 0.0.00 each. So does each year and there's no rational reason why we can't be the team that has their turn being incredibly lucky.

I'm reminded of the story of a few blind men touching an elephant at different spots and all being convinced they've worked out what an elephant is. The players mentioned here are probably part of the problem but probably many other theories DL people have are also (partially) true. Unfortunately the only people who can either see the whole elephant or (stretching the analogy too far) improve it are the club. But so far even they don't know how ..... It's hard enough being a Melbourne supporter. Imagine how much harder it is right now for people at the club genuinely invested turning our fortunes round.

Were they Backstreet Boys?

It would be worse if no one bothered to gee the team up. Also as long as they don't get too heated arguments even happen among members of a team. Obviously it wasn't heated and such it's probably better this happened than not.

Demonland, PLEASE take this back to the 2021 format! 🙂

Maybe he should have said nothing. But I get the feeling no matter what he does he'll get criticised. Apparently the club remains silent too much but now.... If you were tasked to write this what would you say? Not write a formulaic (AI) letter? Not mention anything positive? Just regurgitate the most Chicken-Little stuff Melbourne fans are posting on social media? What exactly?

Sure. Why not? 😂

Umm, that rule was introduced in 2019. It's not hard to check these things.

I hafta agree that if the pregnancy was testing it may have affected Bailey's form. I certainly thought the argument that he was playing badly because he wants to be traded was ridiculous.

If he ever has a girl will he call her Mini?